Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

The key to the Buddha's teaching is not grasping, not trying to hold onto things that are essentially impermanent and unstable.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

Where is the place that your original face has not yet emerged?

Every being has the potential of becoming a Buddha. Our true nature is Buddha nature.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

Life is available only in the present moment.

The path to liberation is through understanding the true nature of mind and matter through direct observation.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.

The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Meditation is not about trying to change ourselves. Meditation is about being aware of what is.

Each moment of mindfulness is a moment of purification.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

Mindfulness is the key to transformation. It enables us to see our experience as it really is, free from distortion and bias.

The Buddha's teaching challenges us to master the art of living, to live in a way that leads to the extinction of suffering.

The root of suffering is not in the world outside us but in our own minds.

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead, it's about becoming more fully human.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

The Buddha's teaching is not a philosophy or a religion; it is a method of practice.

Zen is a way of life, not a theory or a piece of knowledge to be stored away in our minds.